ABSTRACT
Alceste had spoken, and the enraged Acaten wanted to respond, when with almost one voice the women bid him be silent, upbraiding him for his error; and they gave the promised garlands to the winner. Ihen they arose and, returning to their field, they seated themselves with Ameto in a circle, under a beautiful flowered laurel beside a clear fountain. And as they discussed in what manner to occupy their time during the heat of the day, Lia saw two maidens advancing slowly toward them, and she humbly said to the others: “Ladies, let us rise and go to greet our arriving companions.”
